Type-writing doll toy.



M. M. SCHWARZSCHILD & B. SCHEUER.

TYPEWRITING DOLL TO Y. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29. 1915.

1,153,524. Patented Sept. 14, 1915.

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TYPEWRUING DOLL TOY. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29; 1915. 1,153,524. Patented Sept. 14, 1915.

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' following description and claims.

MONROE M. SCHWAR-ZSGHILD AND BELLE SCHEUER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TYPE-WRITING 'DQLL TOY.

Specification'of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 14:, 1915.

To calla-710m it may concern:

Be it known that we, MONROE M. SCHWARZ- so1-1ILD andBELLE SoHnUnn,botl1 citizens of the United States, residing. at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type-\Vriting Doll Toys; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to. which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention consists in the novel features hereinafter described, reference being had to the accompanyingg drawings which illustrate one embodiment of the invention selected by us for purposes of illustration,

and said invention is fully disclosed in the Referring to the drawings: Figurel rep resents a perspective view of an embodiment of our invention comprising the typewriting doll toy complete, with the doll: or figure supported in operative relation with the other parts of the apparatus. Fig. 2 represents a vertical sectional view through the toy. Fig. 2* is a detail perspective view of a clip which we conveniently employ for connecting the movable arms of the doll or figure to the arm operating devices. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the apparatus showing the actuating shaft and the parts operated thereby. Fig. i is a perspective view of one form of type holder, which we use in connection with the movable type bars. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective-view of a diiferent form of detachable holding means for a movable doll or figure. Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing a'spring motor for operating the mechanism. Q g

The object of our invention is toproduce typewriting doll toy comprising among its members a part constructed to simulate a typewriting machine, and preferably supported upon a part constructed to give the appearance of. a typewriter deskor stand, in conjunction with a figure, the arms of which extend over the key board portion of the typewriter part, and are operated in any desired manner so as to appear to be operating the typewriter keys.

We also contemplate providing one or more movable type bars, and a paper support ordinarily in the form of a rollerg-and means for inking the type bars, which conveniently consist of a narrow typewriter ribbon supported on spools and guided between the type and the paper support, suitable connections being provided from the actuating mechanism to the various parts, so that as the arms of the doll or figure are actuated the type bars will be actuated to print letters or words on a sheet of paper, which may also be fed by suitable feeding mechanism operatively connected with the actuating shaft for rotating the feed roll.

We also contemplate providing means for changing the type so that different words or letters can be printed, and we also contemplate supporting the doll or figure detachably with respect to the apparatus so that its arms can be disconnected from the arm actuating devices, and the doll removed from the apparatus, if desired.

We also contemplate providing the doll supporting means with mechanism for supporting any ordinary doll of the appropriate size havingmovable arms, the arms of the doll or figure being provided with clips to engage the arm operating devices so that the device may be put on the market without the doll or figure if desired and used with anyordinary doll of the appropriate size having movable arms.

Our invention also comprises the novel features of construction and operation hereinafter fully described.

i In the accompanying drawings we have shown the preferred embodiment of our invention together with certain modifications thereof, but we do not desire to be limited to the specific embodiment herein shown nor to the details of construction herein shown, the scope of the invention being defined in the appended claims.

In the embodiment shown herein and selected byus for purposes of illustration 1 represents a part constructed to simulate the appearance of a typewriting machine and preferably having combined therewith a supporting part formed to represent a typewriting desk or stand upon which the machine is mounted, asindicated at 2. These parts will ordinarily be constructed of wood, or tin, or other sheet metal, or any other preferred material, and it is only necessary that these parts shall have the outward appearance of a typewriter and stand,

the detail parts of which may be indicated in various ways, more or less realistically as preferred. For example, we ordinarily indi cate the key-board by painting circular portions to indicate the keys upon a flat surface, corresponding with the keyboard portion of the typewriting machine, as indicated at 3, and the drawers of the desk may. be

painted on the exterior of the front face.

At the same time, more elaborate and expensive embodiments of the device may represent these parts more realistically than above stated. I

1 represents a support for the doll or figure which will ordinarily simulate the appearance of a chair, and 5 represents the doll or figure provided with movable arms or rods, 7, extending upwardly through actuating the devices 7, the actuating shaft.

apertures in the keyboard part, 3, and having their lower ends connected to actuating cranks, 8S, upon a crank shaft, 9, extending through the body of the apparatus, for

9 being rotated in any convenient manner,

as for example, by a crank, 10, although it may be operated by a'spring motor or other motor, as hereinafter described. In this instance, the backofthe chair or doll support,

4c, is provided with means for detachably securing the body of the doll or figure there to. In Figs. 1 and 2 for example, this comprises a fork shaped clip, 11, secured to the back of the support, 1, and adapted to engage a. headed button, 12,'conveniently located at the back of the doll or figure, for

' example at the waistline, and a similar clip, 13, is conveniently secured tojeaoh l of the hand portions of the movable arms of I Y the doll so as to be capable of detachably securing said arms to the arm operating devices, 7, which are in this instance, provided with enlarged head portions, 14. One

. of the clips, 13, is shown detached in Fig. 2. By'the means just described it will be apparent that the doll or figure can be detachedfrom the device and used like any ordinary doll or figure, and it will also be apparent that any ordinary doll of the required size, having movable arms, could be provided with the button, 12, and the clips, 13, which may be furnished with the apparatus in case it is supplied to the trade without the doll or figures.

In Fig. 5 we have shown different means for supporting the doll on the chair or support, 4, which consists of a pair of spring arms, 15, secured to the back of the support here indicated by 4 and adapted .to embrace the waist portion of the doll or figure .and hold it firmly in position so that any I ordinary doll may be held in fixed relation 7 'with the support without the necessity of using the button, 12. It is not essential to our invention that the simulated typewriting machine should be actuallycapable of disposed type bars, 16-16, of which there 7 may be one or more, these bars being, in this instance, formed of spring material, and fastened to a cross bar, 17, at the base of the frame, and we prefer to provide the upper ends of these type bars with removable type. For example, in Fig. 1, we have shown the upper ends of the bars as shouldered and provided with reduced shanks passing through apertures in detachable type blocks, 18, on the faces of which may be letters orwords, as for example, Mammal and :4 p 77;

In Fig. 4 a modification" of this arrangement is shown in which the type bar indicated at 16 has its upper end provided with a rectangular type holder, 18 into which a metallic block carrying the printing type or letters may be dropped, thefront wall of the carrier, 18, being cut away to permit the type to project. The type bars are adapted to "be guided from the actuating shaft, 9, in any desired manner, and in thisinstance, we

have shown each type bar provided with a j bracket portion, 19, arranged in line with V one of the crank portions, 8-S, of the crank, 9, so that the said type bars will be alter nately actuated during each rotation of the shaft. The type maybe inked in any desired way, but we prefer to provide a narrow typewriter ribbon for thispurpose, indicatv ed at 20 and carried upon spools, 21- -21, mounted on studs, 2222, on opposite sides of the typewriting machine part. In this in stance therefore the type will strike the ribbon and press it against the paper in making the impressions in a manner similar to the operation of an ordinary typewriting machine. The ribbon spools can be shifted'by hand from time to time to bring fresh portions of the ribbon opposite the type.

' The typewriting machine part is preferably provided with a paper support which will conveniently be in the form of a roller,

23, as shown, and the machine portion will be provided with strips of metal indicated at 24 for guiding a sheet of paper around the roller and holding it in contact therewith, and also with strips or guides, 25, for.

guiding the ribbon, 20, in frontof the type and holding it out ofcontact with the paper. I also prefer to provide feed mechanism for feeding thepa-per, in this instance, consisting of a ratchet wheel, 26, on the roller shaft, and an operating rod, 27, connected with a crank, 28, on the shaft, 9, and having a pawl or tooth, 29, engaging the ratchet wheel, 26, for moving the roller one tooth at each revolution of the actuating shaft, 9.

We also prefer to provide mechanism for simulating the tapping or clicking noise of a typewriting machine, and also means for operating a bell each time the paper roller is fed, although these accessories are not essential. In Figs. 2 and 3 we have shown'a bell, 30, which is supported on the interior of the body of the machine, and provided with a spring hammer arm, 31, pivoted to the body of the device and provided with a trip arm, 32, which is in this instance arranged in the path of the crank, 28. The hammer arm is supported normally by a stop pin, 33, so as to be just out of contact with the bell. When the crank engages the trip arm, 32, the hammer arm will be elevated, and when the crank releases the trip arm the hammer arm will fall and cause the hammer to strike the bell.

We have also provided, as shown in Fig. 3, a device for producing a clicking sound which comprises, in this instance, a tooth wheel or ratchet wheel, 34, on the actuating shaft, 9, in operative relation with a spring pawl or tappet, 35, so that as the shaft is rotated a clicking sound will be produced by the pawl passing from one tooth to another. It will be obvious that a child may derive a great deal of amusement and interest by placing a sheet of paper around the supporting roller, 23, and operating the device so as to cause it to print letters or words on the paper, as the arms of the doll or figure are raised and lowered over the key board, to the accompaniment of a clicking sound, and the ringing of the bell, and the forward feed of the paper, all of which is readily accomplished by the mechanism described.

As before stated the doll may be a fixture in the device, and may be made of wood, tin, or other metal, or of any suitable material, but preferably the doll will be an ordinary doll of the required size to be in proportion with the apparatus, and will be detachably connected as previously described. Or the apparatus may be made up and sold without the doll or figure, and so constructed that any doll or figure of the appropriate size, having movable arms, can be readily secured in operative relation therewith.

It is not necessary that the moving parts of the mechanism should be operated by hand. In some instances, it may be desirable to have them actuated by a clock-work motor, or of some other form of motor, and in Fig, 6, for example, we have indicated a form of the apparatus in which a clockwork motor is connected with the actuating shaft there indicated at 9 clock-work being indicated at 40, and provided with winding mechanism, 41, and starting and stopping lever, 42.

The apparatus may be made in any size desired from a small toy to a larger size and the device may also be used for advertising or other purposes.

l/Vhat we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a typewriting doll toy, the combination with a part constructed to simulate a typewriting machine, of movable arm operating devices, means for connecting the arms of a doll thereto, a support for a doll, and actuating means for said arms operating devices.

2. In a typewriting doll toy, the combination with a part constructed to simulate a typewriting machine, of movable arm operating devices, means for connecting the arms of a doll thereto, a support for a doll, mechanism for producing a clicking sound, and actuating means for said arm operating devices and said sound producing mechanism.

3. In a typewriting doll toy, the combination with a part constructed to simulate a typewriting machine, a figure provided with movable arms extending over the key-board portion of the machine, actuating mechanism, and connections from said actuating mechanism to the said movable arms.

4. In a typewriting doll toy, the combination with a part constructed to simulate a typewriting machine, a figure provided with movable arms extending over the key-board portion of the machine, mechanism for producing a clicking sound, actuating mechanism, and connections from said actuating mechanism to said movable arms and to said sound producing mechanism.

5. In a typewriting doll toy, the combination with a part constructed to simulate a typewriting machine, of vertically movable arm operating devices having portions extending above the key-board portion thereof and provided with means for connecting the arms of a doll thereto, a support for a doll, and actuating means for said arm operating devices.

6. In a typewriting doll toy, the combination with a part constructed to simulate a typewriting machine, of vertically movable arm operating devices having portions extending above the key-board portion thereof and provided with means for connecting the arms of a doll thereto, a doll supported adjacent to said typewriter part, and provided with movable arms, connected to said arm operating devices, and actuating means for said arm operating devices.

7. In a typewriting doll toy, the combination with a part constructed to simulate a typewriting machine, of vertically movable arm operating devices having portions extending above the key-board portion thereof,

and provided with means for detachably connecting the arms of a doll thereto, a support for a doll adjacent to said typewriter ,part,'and actuating means for said arm operating devices.

8. In a typewriting doll toy, the combination with a part constructed to simulate a typewriting machine, of vertically movable arm operating devices having portions extending above the key-board portion thereof, and provided with means for detachably nation with a part constructed to simulate a typewriting machine, and provided with a paper support, and a movable type bar, of movable arm operating devices, provided with means for connecting the arms of a doll thereto, a support for a doll, and actuating means operatively connected with said type bars and with said arm operating devices.

10. In a typewriting doll toy, the combination with means for supporting and feedinga sheet of paper, a movable type bar, movable arm operating devices provided with means for connecting them with the arms of a doll, a support for a doll, and actuating means operatively connected with said paper feeding mechanism, said type bar, and said arm operating devices.

11. In a typewriting doll toy, the combination with means for supporting and feeding a sheet of paper, a movable type bar, movable arm operating devices provided with means for connecting them with the arms of a doll, a support for a doll, mechanism for producing a clicking sound and actuating means operatively connected with the paper feeding mechanism, type bar and arm operating devices, and said sound pro ducing mechanism.

12. In a typewriting doll toy, the combination with a part constructed to simulate a typewriting machine, and provided with a paper support, a movable type bar having means for detachably holding a printing type, and a removable type carried thereby, of movable arm operating devices. provi led with means for engaging the movable arms of a doll, a support for a doll, and actuating means operatively connected with said type bar, and with said arm operating devices.

13. In a typewriting doll toy, the combination with a part constructed to simulate a typewriting machine, and provided with a paper support and printing mechanism including a movable type bar, a figure having movable 2.1 ms extended above the key-lnard portion of said typewriting machine part, operating devices for moving said arms vererating devices for moving said arms verti cally, a motor and operative connections between said motor and said paper feeding, printing and arm operating mechanism.

15. In a typewriting doll toy, the combination with a part constructed to simulate a typewriting machine, and provided with a paper supporting roller, feed mechanism therefor, a movable type bar, and means for supporting an inking ribbon, of vertically movable arm operating devices extending above the key-board portion of the typewriting machine part, and provided with means for connecting them to the movable arms of a doll, and an'actuating shaft provided with cranks operatively connected with said arm operating devices, and in operative relation with said type bar, and connections between said shaft and the paper feed mechanism.

' 16. In a typewriting doll,'the combination with a part constructed to simulate a typewriting machine, having the keyboard portion provided with a pair of apertures,

and provided with a paper supporting roll,

a plurality of movable type bars, and feed mechanism for the paper roll, of vertically movable arm operating devices extending through said key-board apertures, and provided with means for connecting them with the movable arms of adoll, a'dollsup'port, an actuating shaft provided with cranks connected with said arm operating devices, said type barshaving portions adapted to be engaged by said cranks to operate the type bars, and connections between said shaft and the paper feed mechanism.

17. In a typewriting doll the combination with a part constructed to simulate a typewriting machine, having the key-board portion provided with a pair "of apertures, and

provided with a paper supporting roll, a

plurality of movable type bars, and feed mechanism for the paperroll, of vertically movable arm operating devices extending through said key-board apertures, and provided with means for connecting them with the movable arms of a doll, a doll support,

an actuating shaft provided with cranks 7 connected with said arm operating devices, said type bars having portions adapted to beengaged by said cranksto operate the type bars, a toothed wheelon said shaft, a spring pawl for engaging said Wheel to produce a clicking sound, and connections between said shaft and the feed mechanism.

18. In a typewriting doll toy the combination With a part constructed to simulate a typewriting machine, of means for supporting and feeding a sheet of paper, printing means for printing characters on the paper, movable arm operating devices means for connecting them With the arms of a doll, a

support for a doll, and actuating means op- 1) eratively connected with said paper feeding and printing mechanism and With said arm operating devices.

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures.

MONROE M. SCHWARZSCHILD. BELLE SCHEUER.

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